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Archival Summaries |
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WEST
HIGHLAND MUSEUM The West Highland Museum was founded as an independent and self-financing body in 1922. Its brief is to collect and preserve material relating to the history of the West Highlands. The Museum’s principal holdings relate to the 1745 Jacobite Rising, including Cluny papers 1690 – 1786 and military records 1748 to the1830s. This material has been surveyed by the National Register of Archives Scotland (survey number NRAS0451) and the National Register of Archives (survey number NRA/13685). The Museum also holds archives from some local clubs, societies and businesses and a few local authority records. |
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| LOCAL
AUTHORITY AND OTHER OFFICIAL RECORDS |
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| Corran Lighthouse visitors’ book |
1860-1938
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| St Bride’s Episcopal School, North Ballachulish log book | 1874-1876 | ||
| Fort William Justice of the Peace game licence minute book | 1877-1935 | ||
| Fort William Town Clerk’s letter book | 1884-1896 | ||
| Airds Pier dues book | 1912-1914 | ||
| Record
of the sailings of the Loch Shiel Royal Mail Service SS Clan Ranald II |
1902 1905-1906 1908-1909 1912-1915 1918-1919 | ||
| Clan Ranald II log book | July 1928-April 1931 | ||
| Clan Ranald II parcels cash book | July 1918-July 1920 | ||
| Moidart Salt Book | 1896-1903 | ||
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| RECORDS OF OTHER LOCAL INSTITURIONS, BUSINESSES ETC | |||
| Fort William Subscription Library minute book | 1819-1835 | ||
| Fort William Public Hall Company minute book | 1881-1907 | ||
| Robert Campbell, plumber, Fort William, accounts ledger | 1886-1903 | ||
| Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Limited minute book | 1898-1937 | ||
| Fort William Literary Association minute book | 1907-1913 | ||
| John MacPherson, builder, Fort William, ledger | 1911-1916 | ||
| Corpach Hall Trustees minute book | 1913-1956 | ||
| Corpach Hall Trustees cash book | 1913-1956 | ||
| Diary/letter book of Duncan MacNiven as sub-commissioner of North Argyll and District Agricultural Section, National Service Department | 1917 | ||
| Lochaber Branch Farmers’ Union minute book | 1924-1927 | ||
| Fort William United Free Church Literary Society minute book | 1927-1930 | ||
| Scottish Women’s Rural Institute (Fort William) accounts ledger | 1935-1951 | ||
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| PRIVATE PAPERS | |||
| The museum holds a substantial collection of manuscript material relating to the Jacobite rebellions and military affairs in the Highlands, 1578-1850. For further details see the National Register of Archives for Scotland survey NRAS0451. These include: | |||
| Cluny papers: correspondence etc of Ewen Macpherson (d. 1756) | 1690-1786 | ||
| Legal form and note book belonging successively to Cosmo Cameron, Charles Fraser and Ewan Cameron | 1750s | ||
| Cameron of Fassfern accounts ledger | 1783-1813 | ||
| Letter book of Alexander Grant as Chamberlain to Sir Aeneas Mackintosh of Mackintosh | 1819-1833 | ||
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The records are housed in the West Highland Museum, Cameron Square,
Fort William, PH33 6AJ. Access is by appointment only. Opening hours: 1030-1600 Monday - Friday Tel: 01397 702169. |
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